PANAMA CITY – Fireworks exploded as a huge container ship made an inaugural passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, formally launching the Central American nation’s ...

PANAMA CITY – Fireworks exploded as a huge container ship made an inaugural passage through the newly expanded Panama Canal on Sunday, formally launching the Central American nation’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Thousands of ships transit the Panama Canal every year, but few imagine what happens when one of its locks needs to be repaired.

Add Carnival to the list of cruise lines that soon will be sending a ship through the Panama Canal's new, larger locks. The Miami-based cruise giant on Thursday said its 3,006-passenger Carnival ...

The Panama Canal welcomed a visit from the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama on May 21. Kevin Marino Cabrera visited as part of an institutional outreach tour focused on providing ...

PANAMA Canal, a major maritime passage chokepoint between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, will soon reduce its maximum authorized draft for the Neopanamax locks. A report by online new site Maritime ...

PANAMA CITY – A look at the Panama Canal and its newly expanded locks, which are set for a test run this week and a formal launch June 26. Inaugurated on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was ...

Princess Cruises has become the first major cruise line to schedule sailings through the massive new locks at the Panama Canal. The company this week said the 3,080-passenger Caribbean Princess would ...

Opened on Aug. 15, 1914, the Panama Canal was constructed by the United States between 1904 and 1913 at a cost of $375 million, building on an earlier, French-led effort that fizzled. An estimated ...